Buescher aristocrat serial numbers
If you happen to have any additional information that would make this chart MORE accurate, please feel free to email me. I also gathered information for this page from website that cites Albert Mensinga as the source for MANY of the serial numbers.
#Buescher aristocrat serial numbers serial numbers
I do not know if an Elkhart Serial number list exists or not.īig Thanks to Dr Rick's Vinllage Flute and Sax Shop website for providing some of the serial numbers and years produced. If you see one of these horns and the owner is claiming they are from the 1920s or 1930s or before, then they are using the wrong serial number chart. Most were made post World War II possibly up to 1960. I have a Buescher USA Aristocrat saxNo Serial We have a 1921 Elkhart built by Buescher serial no.
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These instruments had their OWN serial numbering system. My dad had a Buescher Tenor Aristocrat Sax with serial number 298167 or 288. The online serial number charts only apply to their pro, Buescher branded lines such as the True Tone, Aristocrat, 400 etc. They also bear the inscription "BUILT BY BUESCHER". The Valveīlock on these instruments are made by Elkhart and thus have a completely different numbering system.Īny Trumpet or Cornet with the engraving of an ELK (see below) will NOT match up on the Buescher Serial number list.
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These are most likely mid to late 1960s instruments.ģ) Most (if not all) Buescher trumpets that have the "ELK" logo have a separate serial number listing. These obviously are NOT subject to this serial number chart. Selmer must have done a serial number "reset" at some point.Ģ) I have also noticed some of the 1960s "Side Scroller" and possibly "Top Scroller" logoed trumpets/cornets that have serial numbers in the 100,000 range. Most seem to have the "Upsidedown Nike" Bell Logo and are model BU-7. Some of the modern Buescher labeled trumpets from the 1970-present that have serial numbers that do not correspond to this chart. Please note that there are a FEW exceptions to this chart. so I have listed BOTH numbers, I think the number MORE accurate would be 326000. *1950 Serial number is different on various sites.
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About this time Selmer Purchased Buescher